I'll Finish You in No Time, You Rude Brat!

Uchiha Hikari's pupils contracted,

and she was utterly astonished.

Who was that?

How could anyone evade her sensory perception?!

She swiftly turned around and took a guarded stance.

What appeared before Hikari

was an old man with a few streaks of white in his hair, clad in Tosei Gusoku.

Looking at the old man's scarlet eyes,

the girl asked in a low voice,

"Mangekyō Sharingan? ...Who are you? Why haven't I ever seen you in the clan?"

The newcomer was none other than Uchiha Madara. Hearing the girl's question,

he let out a sneer.

"You want to know my name? Then let's see what you can do!"

At that,

Hikari's expression turned cold. Their Sharingan gazes locked, and the patterns spun...

Bang!

The two who had just been standing in place

crossed more than ten meters in the blink of an eye and collided.

Uchiha Hikari saw

the old man in front of her block the thrust of the kunai in her hand with his right hand.

She didn't let it bother her.

With a twist of her wrist,

the nimble kunai darted toward the old man's eye.

The old man was no pushover either. His left hand swiftly pulled the gunbai ninja tool from his back.

Clang!

Hikari saw her kunai strike the gunbai,

and her pupils contracted!

She hurriedly held back her strength,

but at that moment,

a surging repulsive force blasted her backward.

Fortunately,

the girl had been prepared and quickly braced herself against the ground.

She leaped into the air and perfectly dissipated the force.

"Phew." Uchiha Hikari let out a breath, her gaze cold as she looked at the old man. "A gunbai? So you're Uchiha Madara?"

The moment she saw the gunbai, the girl recognized who he was.

When she had first arrived among the Uchiha,

she'd found it strange.

It was one thing for some of the clan's Yin Release secret techniques to have disappeared.

But even the gunbai, a symbol of the clan leader's status, had gone missing?

She'd asked Yuan Ming about it later

and learned

that the gunbai had been taken by a former clan leader

named Uchiha Madara.

Moreover... Yuan Ming had solemnly told her

that this man had been one of the strongest of the previous era.

The old man... no, Uchiha Madara, saw that the girl had recognized him.

His gaze turned haughty,

and he said proudly,

"Seems... being famous can be a nuisance sometimes."

At that,

Hikari sighed.

"Looks like I'll have to show you a little of what I can really do."

As she spoke,

the pattern in her eyes shifted, and her scarlet ocular power began to spin.

Is that her eye technique?!

At that instant, Uchiha Madara felt a chill run through him.

Here it comes!

Sun Black Flame filled the entire space, appearing from an impossible angle and hurtling toward him.

Amaterasu?

No... that wasn't right. It wasn't just Amaterasu.

His ominous premonition kept Uchiha Madara from relying on the gunbai too carelessly.

He swiftly leaped backward,

and just as he thought

he had escaped the attack's range,

the undying black flames abruptly turned into a flying dragon and pursued him.

His eyes widened.

"Not just Amaterasu! You have Kagutsuchi too?"

Didn't she have another eye technique? How could she also possess both Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi?

He cut off that train of thought.

This girl wasn't an ordinary ninja. He couldn't afford to be careless!

The ocular power in his eyes trembled slightly,

and a gigantic arm manifested around him, slamming toward the black-flame dragon.

With a boom,

the instant Susanoo's arm collided with the black flames,

Madara swiftly cut off the chakra sustaining Susanoo.

Then,

the attacks clashed in midair. Susanoo's arm was burned away completely,

and the black flames slowly faded.

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Impressive, young lady! You knew in an instant how to use your eye technique against me."

As he spoke,

Madara's expression gradually grew feverish.

"You know what the gunbai can do, don't you?"

Deciding the gunbai was useless now, he tossed it aside and instantly closed in.

Uchiha Hikari saw his move and immediately understood what he meant.

The Uchiha were a battle-loving clan.

He wanted to test his Taijutsu against her?

Then don't blame me for picking on an old man who can't keep up!

Hum!

Hikari's whole body trembled,

and Natural Energy shimmered around her in tiny glints.

As a weapon of war, the girl had no intention of giving her opponent any extra time to analyze her abilities.

The ground beneath her feet instantly cracked apart.

The girl's figure vanished.

In an instant,

the two collided,

trading blows amid a series of thuds.

Madara now felt a little pressure.

What was going on?

She had the advantage in strength, speed, and reflexes?

His Sharingan's perception kicked into full gear, and he saw a familiar sight.

Were those ripples of Natural Energy?

"Interesting, young lady. Is that Senjutsu, like Hashirama's?"

The girl furrowed her brows,

and the ocular power in her eyes burned.

A gigantic crimson arm took shape in an instant,

and Natural Energy poured into it...

With a boom,

empowered by Sage Power, Susanoo seemed blessed by the gods.

It sent Uchiha Madara flying with a single blow.

"God, you're annoying. 'Young lady,' 'young lady'—you just keep blabbering on and on." Hikari, who had already lost patience,

stared savagely

at Uchiha Madara, who had also manifested Susanoo and now wore a cold expression.

She spoke with malice,

"I'll finish you in no time, you rude brat!"

After her threat,

the crimson Susanoo rapidly grew larger.

Silent, Uchiha Madara's expression slowly shifted from cold to cruel.

"I won't waste time trading barbs with you."

In an instant,

two towering giants, one red and one blue, stood facing each other.

Meanwhile,

while Yuan Ming and Hikari were both fighting,

Uchiha Chiri

lifted her eyes slightly

and looked at the two people across from her.

One wore a headdress and kept his eyes gently closed; the other wore the uniform of a Mist Village Anbu.

But Chiri's Sharingan could see the surging chakra in the latter's abdomen.

It was so much like Matatabi...

She sighed helplessly.

"The Third Mizukage has a Jinchūriki too? What a pain..."

Her peripheral vision swept over the other battlefields.

More than two thousand toads and several hundred Mist Village shinobi had surrounded the Uchiha.

Baru, Naka, and Rai didn't need to worry about.

Those with Sage Art could handle themselves too.

But everyone else...

Unwilling to let her clanmates suffer losses, Chiri decided she had to end this quickly.

"Let me finish you off quickly."

"Anyone can make empty boasts. Let's see if you can back yours up." The Third Mizukage slowly opened his eyes and sighed. "Besides, are all you kekkei genkai users this arrogant?"

"Dosaburo, attack with me!"

The Anbu beside him—no, Dosaburo—

immediately obeyed and sprang into action.

His hands swiftly formed seals.

[Ninjutsu: Wolf Rot!]

A huge torrent of corrosive liquid surged from him and rushed toward Chiri...

The Third Mizukage coordinated with him at once.

He opened his mouth and spat,

[Water Release: Sky Weep!]

High-speed, tightly packed water needles

rained down like a torrential downpour,

sealing off every route Chiri could take to escape.

"Water Release? Acid Attack?" Uchiha Chiri's Mangekyō Sharingan gleamed. "As luck would have it, I'm an oddity among the Uchiha. Water Release and all that..."

The patterns in her eyes shifted, and her immense ocular power burst into flame.

[Eye Technique: Yomotsu!]

In an instant,

the countless water needles and the enormous flood of acid

both stopped in midair before her.

Then,

Chiri's voice rang out again. "It's what I'm best at!"

And then,

something happened that made the Third Mizukage and Dosaburo shudder with dread.

Every drop of liquid before that woman slowly turned into ominous yellow water.

It revolved slowly around her, as if paying homage to a goddess.

What was that?

Why was the stench of death so overwhelming?